List of Kenyans

The following lists give a categorised overview of notable people from the East African country of Kenya:

Freedom Heroes

* Me Katilili Wa Menza, Mother of colonial resistance

* Dedan Kimathi, Mau Mau, fighter assassinated by British
* Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
* Ramogi Achieng Oneko
* Paul Ngei
* Jomo Kenyatta
* Tom Mboya
* Masinde Muliro
* Daniel arap Moi

Politicians

* Moody Awori, August,2003 - December 2007
* Nicholas Biwott, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister
* Cyrus Jirongo
* Josephat Karanja vice president 1988-1989
* J. M. Kariuki, assassinated 1975
* Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the first President, Jomo Kenyatta
* Mwai Kibaki, 3^rd President of Kenya Dec 2002 - to date (2007)
* Michael Wamalwa Kijana, Vice President 3 January 2003 - Aug 2003
* Kenneth Matiba
* Tom Mboya, Cabinet Minister, assassinated 1969
* Musalia Mudavadi, Vice President 4 November 2002 - 30 December 2002
* Joseph Murumbi, Vice President 1965-1967
* Simeon Nyachae
* Charity Ngilu first female to run for presidency
* Raila Odinga, former Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament. Son of Oginga Odinga
* Appolo Ohanga
* James Orengo
* Robert Ouko, Cabinet Minister, assassinated 1990
* Pio Gama Pinto, assassinated 1965
* Charles Rubia
* George Saitoti, Vice President May 1989 - Dec 1997, Apr 1999 - 30 August 2002
* Makhan Singh, freedom fighter
* Fitz R S de Souza Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker 1963 - 1970
* Kalonzo Musyoka,Vice President Jan 2008 - to date
* Jeremiah Nyagah, long-serving cabinet minister and member of Parliament

Administrators

*Amos Wako Attorney General

Businessmen

* Edward H Ntalami
* Kamlesh Manusuklal Damji Pattni

Academics

* Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin (born June 15, 1933 died June 28, 2005)
* Louis Leakey, paleontologist
* Dr. Meave G Leakey, paleontologist
* Mary Douglas Leakey, paleontologist
* Dr. Richard Leakey, paleontologist, environmentalist, politician and former Director of Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS)
* Wangari Maathai, (born 1940), environmentalist, women rights activist, politician and Nobel Prize winner 2004
* Prof. Ali Mazrui
* Ratemo Michieka
* Prof. Peter Amollo Odhiambo, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
* Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo, entomologist and environmental scientist
* Florence Wambugu (born 1953), plant pathologist and virologist
* Prof. Mike Boit, Department of Sports Science, Kenyatta University
* Prof. Bethwell Allan Ogot

Writers

*Ngugi wa Thiongo
*Meja Mwangi
*Gitura Mwaura: Development writer and journalist
*M.G. Vassanji
*Grace Ogot
*Alexander Nderitu: Novelist, scriptwriter and Kenyan e-book and Print on Demand pioneer
*Binyavanga Wainaina founder and editor of "Kwani?" winner of Caine Prize 2002
*Margaret Ogola

Religious leaders

*Cardinal John Njue
*Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga
*Archbishop John Njenga

portspersons

*Matthew Birir
*Amos Biwott
*Mike Boit
*Richard Chelimo
*Joyce Chepchumba
*Jason Dunford
*Paul Ereng
*Julius Kariuki
*Kipchoge Keino
*Ezekiel Kemboi
*Joseph Keter
*Wilson Kipketer, born and raised in Kenya, now a citizen of Denmark
*Wilson Boit Kipketer
*Moses Kiptanui
*Sally Kipyego, All American runner for Texas Tech University
*Ismael Kirui
*Samson Kitur
*Daniel Komen
*Julius Korir
*Paul Korir
*Reuben Kosgei
*Bernard Lagat
*Tegla Loroupe
*Edith Masai
*Shekhar Mehta
*Catherine Ndereba
*Noah Ngeny
*John Ngugi
*Margaret Okayo
*Dennis Oliech, soccer player now based in France.
*Yobes Ondieki
*Henry Rono
*Peter Rono
*Moses Tanui
*William Tanui
*Naftali Temu
*Paul Tergat
*Steve Tikolo, widely regarded in cricket as the best batsman outside of the test playing nations.
*Erick Wainaina
*Robert Wangila
*McDonald Mariga,Soccer Player now based in Italy plays for Serie A side Parma

Musicians

*Fundi Konde
*David Kabaka
*Eric Wainaina, musician
*Daniel Owino Misiani
*Suzzana Owiyo
*Tony Nyadundo
*David Mathenge a.k.a Nameless
*Ken Ring
*Fadhili William -of Malaika fame

Actors

*Njeri Luseno
*Conrad Makeni
*Packson Ngugi
*John Sibi Okumu

Others

* Mohamed Amin, a photojournalist, who pictured Ethiopian famine in 1984
* Prof. Yash Pal Ghai, lawyer (helped draft the proposed Constitution)
* Jeff Koinange, former CNN TV Africa bureau chief. Currently working for Kenya's new station, K24.
* Zain Verjee, CNN TV Anchor
* Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, Sultan of Pate, 1779 to 1809.
* Michael Werikhe, Conservationist
* Hezekiah Ochuka, aborted 1982 military coup leader
* Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., economist and father of United States Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama

ee also

* List of Kenyan artists
* List of writers from Kenya